Peer reviewed publications

Bodó, B., Gervais, D. J., & Quintais, J. P. (2018). Blockchain and smart contracts: the missing link in copyright licensing? International Journal of Law and Information Technology. DOI: 10.1093/ijlit/eay014\
Bodó, B., & Giannopoulou, A. The Logics of Technology Decentralization: the Case of Distributed Ledger Technologies. In M. Ragnedda, & G. Destefanis (Eds.), Blockchain and Web 3.0: Social, Economic, and Technological Challenges Routledge, Forthcoming https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3330590
Giannopoulou, A. & Ferrari V., Distributed Data Protection and Liability on Blockchains. In S. S. Bodrunova et al. (Eds.), INSCI 2018 Workshops, LNCS 11551, Springer, 2019, pp. 203–211. DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-17705-8_17
Giannopoulou, A. (2019). Access and reuse of machine-generated data for scientific research. Erasmus law review, 2019(2), 155-165. https://doi.org/10.5553/ELR.000136
Giannopoulou, A. (2018). Understanding Open Data Regulation: An Analysis of the Licensing Landscape. In B. van Loenen, G. Vancauwenberghe, & J. Crompvoets (Eds.), Open Data Exposed (pp. 101-125). (Information Technology and Law Series; Vol. 30). The Hague: Asser Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-261-3_6 [details]

Quintais, J. P., Bodó, B., Giannopoulou, A. & Ferrari, V., Blockchain and the Law: A Critical Evaluation: [Review of: P. De Filippi, A. Wright (2018) Blockchain and the law : the rule of code]. 2019, In : Stanford Journal of Blockchain Law & Policy. 2, 1, p. 86-112.
Giannopoulou, A. (2020). Algorithmic systems: the consent is in the detail?. Internet Policy Review, 9(1). DOI: 10.14763/2020.1.1452
Giannopoulou, A (2020). Data Protection Compliance Challenges for Self-Sovereign Identity. In Prieto, J. et al. (Eds.): BLOCKCHAIN 2020, AISC 1238, pp. 91-100.
Bodó, B. (2020). Mediated trust: A theoretical framework to address the trustworthiness of technological trust mediators. New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820939922
Ferrari, V. (2020). The regulation of crypto-assets in the EU: Investment and payment tokens under the radar. Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law. https://doi.org/10.1177/1023263X20911538
Bodó, B., Brekke, J. K., & Hoepman, J-H. (2020). Decentralisation in the blockchain space. In Glossary of distributed technologies – a work-in-progress. Internet Policy Review. https://policyreview.info/open-abstracts/decentralisation-blockchain-space
Bodó, B., & Becker, M. (2020). Trust / trustless. In Glossary of distributed technologies – a work-in-progress (Internet Policy Review). Internet Policy Review. https://policyreview.info/open-abstracts/trust-trustless
Bodó, B., Hoepman, J-H., & Brekke, J. K. (2021). Decentralisation: a multidisciplinary perspective. Internet Policy Review. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.14763/2021.2.1563
Giannopoulou, A. & Wang, F. (2021). Self-sovereign identity. Internet Policy Review, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.14763/2021.2.1550
Giannopoulou, A. (2021), Putting Data Protection by Design on the Blockchain, European Data Protection Law Review, 7(3):388-399.
Giannopoulou, A. (2021), Digital identification: Exploring the realization of self-sovereignty in personal data (Ψηφιακή ταυτοποίηση. Εξερευνώντας την πραγμάτωση της αυτοκυριαρχίας στα προσωπικά δεδομένα), Diaplous Aftodioikisi, 34(6):311-322, https://www.diaplous-autodioikisi.gr/images/protasi/teyxos_34.pdf, https://ssrn.com/abstract=4194876
Bodó, B. & Irion, K. & Janssen, H. & Giannopoulou, A. (2021). Personal data ordering in context: the interaction of meso-level data governance regimes with macro frameworks. Internet Policy Review, 10(3).
Janssen, H. L. (2021). Persoonlijke PIMS: privacyfort of luchtkasteel? Privacy & Informatie (5/2021).
Ferrari, V. (2021). Introducing the glossary of decentralised technosocial systems. Internet Policy Review, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.14763/2021.2.1546
Bodó, B., & Janssen, H. L. (2022). Maintaining trust in a technologized public sector. Policy & Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/polsoc/puac019
Bodó, B., Giannopoulou, A., Mezei, P., & Quintais, J. P. (2022). The Rise of NFTs: These Aren’t the Droids You’re Looking For. European Intellectual Property Review, 2022(5), 268-283. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4000423
Janssen, H. & Singh, J. (2022). Data Intermediary. Internet Policy Review 11 (1) DOI:10.14763/2022.1.1644. https://policyreview.info/glossary/data-intermediary
Janssen, H. & Singh, J. (2022). Personal Information Management Systems. Internet Policy Review 11 (2) DOI: 10.14763/2022.2.1659. https://policyreview.info/glossary/personal-information-management-systems
Ferrari V., (2022) The platformisation of digital payments: The fabrication of consumer interest in the EU FinTech agenda. Computer Law & Security Review, Volume 45. 105687, ISSN 0267-3649, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2022.105687., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4114033
Giannopoulou, A. & Eynard J. (2022), Blockchain and the challenge of digital identity, Journal International de bioethique et d’ethique des sciences, special issue “Blockchain et société”, Accepted/In press
Giannopoulou, A. (2022), ‘Sharing is caring’: Creative Commons, transformative culture, and moral rights protection. In Gendreau, Y. (ed.), Research Handbook on Moral Rights and IP, Edward Elgar Publishing https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3947081
Giannopoulou, A. (2022). Allocating Control in Decentralised Identity Management. European Review of Digital Administration & Law, 75-87. https://doi.org/10.53136/97912599475299

Blockchain&Society Research Nodes series

Ferrari, V., Quintais, J. P., Giannopoulou, A., & Bodó, B. (2018). Report on the “GDPR, data policy and compliance” workshop organized by the EU Blockchain Observatory. (Blockchain&Society Research Nodes; Vol. 1, No. 1). Institute for Information Law. Download
Bodó B. , Quintais J.P., Giannopoulou A., & Ferrari V. (2018). Trust in decentralized data infrastructures. (Blockchain&Society Research Nodes; Vol. 1, No. 2). Institute for Information Law. Download
Giannopoulou, A., Bodó, B., Ferrari, V., & Quintais, J. P. (2019), Report on “Validation rules for blockchain research: International workshop on scholarly blockchain research priorities” (Blockchain&Society Research Nodes; Vol. 2, No. 1). Institute for Information Law. Download
Bodó, Balázs (2020) Trust, Blockchain-based Technologies, Public Sector, and the Social Good. Blockchain & Society Policy Research Lab Research Nodes 2020/1 Download
Giannopoulou, Alexandra (2020), Digital Identity and Trust: Response to the Open Public Consultation on the eIDAS Regulation. Blockchain & Society Policy Research Lab Research Nodes 2020/2 Download
Bodó, B. (2021). The commodification of trust. Blockchain & Society Policy Research Lab Research Nodes 2021/1. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3843707
Bodó, B., & De Filippi, P. (2022). Trust in Context: The Impact of Regulation on Blockchain and DeFi. SSRN Amsterdam Law School Legal Research Paper Series. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4051842

Policy documents, policy work

Bodó, B., van de Pol, J., van Deventer, O., Hoepman, J-H., van den Hoven, J., de Kok, A., … Stevens, M. Dutch Blockchain Research Agenda Download
Bodó, B. (2020). Trust, blockchain-based technologies, institutions, and the social good. In Scanning the European Ecosystem of Distributed Ledger Technologies for Social and Public Good (pp. 88-91). European Commission – Joint Research Centre. https://doi.org/10.2760/802653
Digital Identity Advisory Board, Ministry of Interior Netherlands
Data Governance Reading Group

Events

31 May, 2021, SPUI25: Trust in digital society
4 April, 2021, IPR Glossary Launch: The Lexicon of Digital Cultures: Organizing Knowledge in Times of Digital Transformation, online
8 March, 2021, Mozilla Festival 2021: Trust production with technology
5 June, 2019, Courts and the Decentralized Internet, Courts and Internet Governance, Brussels
17 May, 2019, To Decentralize Everything, Hash Here: Blockchains and Information Law– Panel at TILTing Perspectives 2019
30 January, 2019, Blockchain technology and the GDPR: the beginning of a beautiful privacy whac-a-mole?– Panel at CPDP Conference
17 October, 2018, Seoul Copyright Forum 2018 – blockchains and copyright
5 October, 2018, Amsterdam Privacy Conference – data protection and privacy workshop (in cooperation with APC2018)
28 September, 2018 Eliza Mik guest lecture
24 May, 2018, Barlaeus dinner on Trust in distributed data infrastructures (in cooperation with IXA Information Exchange Amsterdam)
12 February, 2018 Blockchain, Law & Policy workshop (in cooperation with BLES—Business Law and Economics Symposium and the Center for Law & Economics at ETH Zurich)
5 July, 2017, Blockchain and Copyright Symposium (in cooperation with the Data protection and Privacy Summer course/IViR)

Press

Janssen, Heleen (2021): Building the Human Network into the Law, “The Encrypted Economy” Podcast, https://theencryptedeconomy.com/podcast/building-the-human-network-into-the-law-drs-jennifer-cobbe-and-heleen-janssen-universities-of-manchester-and-amsterdam-e71/
Bodó, B. (2021). The commodification of trust. Web publication/site, LSE Business Review. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2021/06/21/the-commodification-of-trust/
Bodó, B. , & De Filippi, P. . (2022). Trust in Context: The Impact of Regulation on Blockchain and DeFi. Web publication/site, Oxford Business Law Blog. https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/business-law-blog/blog/2022/05/trust-context-impact-regulation-blockchain-and-defi
Giannopoulou, A., Quintais, J. P. , Mezei, P. , & Bodó, B. . (2021). The Rise of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and the Role of Copyright Law – Part I. Web publication/site, Kluwer Copyright Blog. http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/04/14/the-rise-of-non-fungible-tokens-nfts-and-the-role-of-copyright-law-part-i/
Giannopoulou, A., Quintais, J. P. , Mezei, P. , & Bodó, B. . (2021). The Rise of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and the Role of Copyright Law – Part I. Web publication/site, Kluwer Copyright Blog. http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/04/14/the-rise-of-non-fungible-tokens-nfts-and-the-role-of-copyright-law-part-ii/
Bodó, B. (01-03-2021). Trust in the Blockchain Society. online documentary. Trust in the Blockchain Society.
Bodó, B. (03-11-2020). TrustTalk – Three dimensions of Technology-Mediated Trust TrustTalk podcast. Three dimensions of Technology-Mediated Trust.
Blockchain could democratise banking, music – but at what cost?, Horizon, 13 March 2019, interview with Balazs Bodo
De invloed van nieuwe technologieën op de maatschappij valt vaak wat tegen, New Scientist, April, 2018, interview with Balazs Bodo
1,5 miljoen voor onderzoek naar maatschappelijke impact van blockchain, AG Connect, 22 February, interview Balázs Bodó;
Bodó, Balázs (16-12-2017): Muziek terwijl u de artiest direct betaalt [Print] Het Financieele Dagblad. Muziek terwijl u de artiest direct betaalt.
Bodó, Balázs (10-11-2017): Nederlandse bedrijven testen tientallen vernieuwingen voor economie[Print] De Telegraaf. Nederlandse bedrijven testen tientallen vernieuwingen voor economie.
Quintais, J. P. (Author), Bodó, B. (Author), & Groeneveld, L. (Author). (2017). Blockchain Copyright Symposium: Summary Report. Web publication/site, Kluwer Copyrigth Blog: Kluwer Copyright Blog.
Quintais, J. P. (Author), & Bodó, B. (Author). (2017). Blockchain Copyright Symposium. Web publication/site, Kluwer Copyright Blog.

Talks, conference presentations, workshops

10 Jul 2022, Digital geographies of power: the scale of digital money infrastructures, Fractious Connections: Anarchy, Activism, Coordination, and Control, SASE’s 34th Annual Meeting
2 Jun 2022, The Rise of Nfts: These Aren’t the Droids You’re Looking For, Global Perspectives on Platforms and Cultural Production, Amsterdam, Netherlands
27 May 2022, The Commodification of Trust, 72nd Annual International Communication Association Conference, Paris, France
27 May 2022, The Platformisation of Digital Payments: The Fabrication of Consumer Interest in the EU FinTech Agenda 28 May 2022 , 72nd Annual International Communication Association Conference,
25 May 2022, Is a European Data Strategy Without Trade-offs Between Economic Efficiency and Fundamental Rights Protection Possible?, CPDP-conference
24 May 2022, The Platformisation of Digital Payments: The Fabrication of Consumer Interest in the EU FinTech Agenda, CPDP-conference
Blockchain and the Law 2 ECTs / 12h course at the LL.M. International Business Law LL.M. Law in a Digital Economy , https://catolicalaw.fd.lisboa.ucp.pt/course/blockchain-and-law-blockchain-and-law
4 Mar 2022, Measures taken by platforms to mitigate risks, EU-US TTC Workshop 2: Algorithmic Amplification
17 Feb 2022, The commodification of trust, Trust and the Governance of Technology: GOVTRUST Annual Symposium 2021, Antwerp, Belgium
14 Apr 2022, Techno-legal Challenges in Digital Identity Infrastructures: the Example of Self Sovereign Identities, Global Internet Governance Actors, Regulations, Transactions and Strategies,
23 May 2022, Encoding identities: the case of commercial DNA databases, panel organizer, CPDP, 2021
2 Dec 2021, The Competition of Data Ordering Approaches, Impact of Technological Advances on Individuals: Interaction of Law & Informatics , Würzburg , Germany
18 Nov 2021, Mediated trust: a theoretical framework to address the trustworthiness of technological trust mediators, “Time to Reshape the Digital Society”: celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the CRIDS, Namur, Belgium
4 Nov 2021, The commodification of trust, faculty seminar talk, Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid, Universiteit van Amsterdam
23 Oct 2021, Blockchains & Digital Activism, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, Netherlands, https://www.whitepapersondissent.xyz/panel-discussion/blockchains-digital-activism
12 Oct 2021, Senate expert session about AI: proportionality examination – better legal regulation of AI-systems, Expert session organised by the Senate of the Netherlands. https://www.eerstekamer.nl/commissievergadering/20211012_j_v
6 Oct 2021, Trust, Blockchain-based Technologies, the Public Sector, and the Social Good, Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) annual meeting, Toronto, Canada
9 Jun 2021, Opening Session – The Role of Knowledge Commons and Knowledge Commoning in Addressing Global Crises, IASC 2021 Knowledge Commons Virtual Conference
9 Jun 2021, The commodification of trust, IASC 2021 Knowledge Commons Virtual Conference
20 Apr 2021, The Human Rights Impact Assessment Roundtable at Amnesty International, Expert session organised by Amnesty International about “human rights impact assessment”, Amsterdam, Netherlands
8 March 21, Trust production with technology, Mozilla Festival 2021,
26 January 2021, Digital rights for change: Reclaiming infrastructures, repairing the future., Privacy Camp 2021: Platform Resistance and Data Rights, https://privacycamp.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PrivacyCamp21.pdf
23 Nov 2021, NFTs and the Law, Vereniging Kunst, Cultuur & Recht
18 Nov 2021, Digital identities: between convergence, commodification, and control, “Time to Reshape the Digital Society”: celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the CRIDS, Related event, 18/11/21 → 19/11/21, Namur, Belgium
15 Nov 2021, Legal challenges for open data, TODO – Twinning Open Data Operational H2020 seminar, Description, 2 Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands.
FdR overig onderzoek, IASC 2021 Knowledge Commons Virtual Conference, Resisting platformised education through data rights, Description, IASC 2021 Knowledge Commons Virtual Conference, Related event, 9/06/21 → 11/06/21
Description, RightsCon, Related event, Panel: “Biometrics as a panacea? Resisting immunity surveillance in digital identification”, RightsCon, 7/06/21 → 11/06/21
FdR overig onderzoek, TILTing Perspectives 2021, “What’s Work Got To Do With It? Data Rights and Platform Resistance”, Description, Related event, Degree of recognition: International, 19/05/21 → 21/05/21, TILTing Perspectives 2021 : Regulating in Times of Crisis, Tilburg , Netherlands
Description, University of Birmingham, Visiting fellow, Degree of recognition: International
19 Feb 2021, Open source in open science, EOLE 2020 Webinar #4 : Open source and open science within public administrations,
29 Jan 2021, Governing “European values” inside data flows, Privacy Camp, Privacy Camp : Platform Resistance and Data Rights,
B. Bodó (Speaker), D.J. Gervais (Speaker), João Quintais (Speaker), Blockchain and Smart Contracts: The Missing Link in Copyright Licensing? 12 Feb 2018, “Blockchain, Law & Policy workshop”, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Bodó, B. (keynote) (10-4-2018). Innovation in the age of distributed ledger technologies, The Future of Digital Innovation in the European Union, Brugge, Belgium.
Bodó, B. (keynote) (24-5-2018). Keynote: Trust in Data on Blockhains, Barlaeus dinner, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Bodó, B. (keynote) (28-5-2018). Keynote: Key research questions on blockchain technologies, Advisory Board meeting of the Faculty of Economics and Business, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
J.P. Quintais (Participant), #Blockchain for Good: wat zijn de opbrengsten? 26 Jun 2018, Workshop with members of projects funded by the SIDN fonds under the umbrella program “Blockchain for Good”, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Bodó, B. (speaker) (4-9-2018). The conditions of doing policy research, 5 Years of Internet Policy Review, Berlin, Germany.
Bodó, B. (speaker) (20-9-2018). DECENTRALIZED TECHNOLOGIES AND GOVERNANCE AT SCALE – DE/RE/CONSTRUCTING THE BLOCKCHAIN NARRATIVE, The Internet, Policy & Politics Conference 2018, Oxford, United Kingdom.
J.P. Quintais (Speaker), Blockchains and Data Protection: a brief overview, 5 Oct 2018, Workshop: Controlling your data: the competing visions of blockchains and GDPR, part of the Amsterdam Privacy Conference, 5/10/18, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Bodó, B. (speaker) (8-10-2018). The social organization of distrust: does technology have a role?, Amsterdam Privacy Conference 2018, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Bodó, B. (keynote) (17-10-2018). Will blockchain become a wave in the copyright distribution market?, Seoul Copyright Forum 2018, Seoul, Korea, Republic of.
Valeria Ferrari (Speaker), Fare Impresa e Nuove Tecnologie – Uno sguardo al fenomeno blockchain, 22 Oct 2018, Torino, Italy.
J.P. Quintais (Speaker), Blockchains, Smart Contracts and Copyright, 29 Nov 2018, International Conference on Blockchain, Public Trust, Law and Governance, Groningen, Netherlands, 28 Nov 2018 – 30 Nov 2018.
Valeria Ferrari (Speaker), Unlocking the gateways between law enforcement and blockchain technologies. A study on the enforcement of Anti-Money Laundering policies over crypto-assets, at International Conference on Blockchain, Public Trust, Law and Governance, Groningen, Netherlands, 28 Nov 2018 – 30 Nov 2018.
Bodó, B. (keynote) (30-11-2018). Decentralization, Objectification and the Social Organization of Distrust: Exploring the Logics of Power and Governance through (Blockchain) technology, Blockchain, Public Trust, Law and Governance, Groningen, Netherlands.
J.P. Quintais (Speaker), Blockchains, Smart Contracts and Copyright, 3 Dec 2018, Blockchain and Society Policy Research Lab: ERC Advisory Board Meeting. J.P. Quintais (Speaker), Blockchains, Smart Contracts and Copyright, 4 Dec 2018, Validation rules for blockchain research : International workshop on scholarly blockchain research priorities.
Bodó, B. (speaker) (6-12-2018). The social construction of trust, and decentralized technologies, ALFA – Amsterdam Law & Finance Association, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Valeria Ferrari (speaker), Unlocking the gateways between law enforcement and blockchain
technologies, JURIX 2018 : 31st International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems, Groningen , Netherlands, 12/12/18. (Winner of Doctoral Consortium best paper award).
Bodó, B. (speaker) (21-1-2019). On the notions of “trust” and “trustless”, Blockchain Workshop Theory & Practice, Paris, France.
Balázs Bodó (Speaker), Policy questions around decentralized technologies, Annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 17/02/19, Washington, DC, United States
J.P. Quintais (Speaker), Blockchain and Intellectual Property, Max Planck Institute (Max Planck Institute), 02/21/2019
J.P. Quintais (Speaker), Blockchains, Smart Contracts and Copyright: Beyond the Hype, 23 Feb 2019, 7th Annual MIPLC Alumni Conference on Intellectual Property and Competition Law,
Balázs Bodó (Speaker), Trust and decentralization – talk at the interdisciplinary colloquium on Law, Technology and Society, Haifa University Law School, 14 Mar 2019
Balázs Bodó (Speaker): How not to “mortgage our future to temporary things” – introducing the research program of the Blockchain&Society Policy Research Lab, Haifa University Law School, 13 Mar 2019
J.P. Quintais (Speaker), Blockchain, Smart Contracts and Copyright, 14 Mar 2019, Seminar organized by the Grup de Recerca en Dret Patrimonial, Law School, Pompeu Fabra University (International),
Valeria Ferrari (Speaker), Crypto-assets under European financial law: legal and enforcement issues, TILTing Perspectives 2019, Tilburg University, Netherlands, 17 May 2019.